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. 2022 Nov 24:10:20503121221129921.
doi: 10.1177/20503121221129921. eCollection 2022.

The 50 most impactful articles on the medial ulnar collateral ligament: An altmetric analysis of online media

Kunal M Kirloskar  1 , Matthew D Civilette  1 , William R Rate  1 , Andrew S Cohen  2 , Brett D Haislup  2 , Suresh K Nayar  3 , Blake M Bodendorfer  4 , Heath P Gould  2
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The 50 most impactful articles on the medial ulnar collateral ligament: An altmetric analysis of online media

Kunal M Kirloskar et al. SAGE Open Med. .

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use the Altmetric Attention Score to determine the 50 most impactful medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in online media and compare their characteristics to the most-cited medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in the scientific literature. The Altmetric database was queried to identify all published articles about the medial ulnar collateral ligament, and this list was stratified by the Altmetric Attention Score to identify the 50 highest scoring articles. Several data elements were extracted, including article topic, article type, journal name, and the number of online mentions on Facebook, Twitter, news, and other platforms. Each article's geographic origin was determined based on the institutional affiliation of the first author. Our index search yielded 1283 articles published between 1987 and 2020, from which the 50 articles with the highest Altmetric Attention Scores were included for analysis. Altmetric Attention Scores of the top 50 medial ulnar collateral ligament articles ranged from 20 to 482 (median: 32, interquartile range: 20-62). The most common article type was original research (72%), and the most common topic was epidemiology/risk factors (26%). A majority of studies were Level 3 (36%) or Level 4 evidence (36%). Of the top 50 medial ulnar collateral ligament articles, 94% originated from the United States. A few articles had a high Altmetric Attention Score, suggesting that medial ulnar collateral ligament research does not generate consistently high online attention. The lack of Level 1 studies suggests the need for high-level studies on the medial ulnar collateral ligament. Most studies originated in the United States and were published in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine-affiliated journals. The medial ulnar collateral ligament articles included in this study differed substantially from a previous report of the most-cited medial ulnar collateral ligament articles in the literature, suggesting that alternative metrics add a unique dimension to understanding the overall impact of published research on the medial ulnar collateral ligament.

Keywords: AAS; MUCL; Medial ulnar collateral ligament; altmetric attention score; altmetrics; bibliometrics; citation rate.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Level of evidence of studies comprising the top 50 MUCL articles by AAS.
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Article types comprising the top 50 MUCL articles by AAS.
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Article topics comprising the top 50 MUCL articles by AAS.
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